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  • More vintage photos added...

    Posted by Huw, 14 Nov 2010 11:25. Filed under Brickset.

    245: Two Santas
    Basic, 1977
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    ©1977 LEGO Group

    Bluemoose has been working overtime today and has processed pictures of the miscellaneous sets we took in the archive. Some of them are not listed anywhere else online (e.g. 1724-1727) although they are in the Collector book. However, this strange set, with two santas, is not listed even in that. According to my notes taken at the time, its set number is 245, but obviously that needs to be confirmed since the number is not on the front of the box and we didn't photograph the sides. Do you know anything about it? Let us know if so!


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Posted by Alemas in Germany, 14 Nov 2010 11:35

Nice pics! Hey, there's an error: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=1594-1 I don't think it's from 2010! :)

Posted by Orange_Juice in United Kingdom, 14 Nov 2010 11:50

Alemas well spotted, I love looking at these old sets it's really interesting.

Posted by Branko in Australia, 14 Nov 2010 12:04

These old pics bring back memories. Some sets that I sold when I was a kid and I forgot I had. *sigh*

Posted by Doctor Leg O'Brick in United Kingdom, 14 Nov 2010 13:03

1672 gives me the creaps...

Posted by cjg in United States, 14 Nov 2010 13:20

Doctor Leg O' Brick: It is kind of creepy...

Posted by toa tahu in United States, 15 Nov 2010 11:54

this is a strange set

Posted by Frasse in Sweden, 15 Nov 2010 13:30

I like 1976, whith Swedish words=)

Posted by AndreasL in Denmark, 15 Nov 2010 20:46

Hi Huw. Cannot help you with more information about the 245-2 set. However, I was wondering what brick is used for the hats of the santas. It does not look like the normal Slope 45 2 x 2 (http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3043) but maybe it is just the perspective and/or a bit of artistic freedom. Anybody else has an opinion?

Posted by brickmatt in United States, 15 Nov 2010 21:06

^ It looks like one of these:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3048
and one of these:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3049c
As I was looking these parts up in Peeron, I found that this combination was also used in this Santa from '86:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/1555-1

Posted by Markey in Belgium, 16 Nov 2010 03:26

@brickmatt: Good find :) in the picture above, the perspective is a bit deceiving.

Posted by Berrybrick in United States, 16 Nov 2010 07:03

Santa's face has an erie resemblence to the angel from recent years, and now I keep looking at his nose like it is a mouth.

Posted by AndreasL in Denmark, 16 Nov 2010 16:39

@brickmatt: Yes, that must be it. The perspective and lack of brick separation lines made it difficult to solve this puzzle. Good job.

Posted by MisterGeolix814 in United States, 16 Nov 2010 19:09

yes.

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